Dead-key mechanism for type-writers.



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UNITED sTATle l PttTmNT Oomen.

lpeeileetten et Lettere Intent.

Patented Jam. 11, 1910.

Application Il Jule l, 1000. Ierinl le. 400,000.

'lo uit whom it muy concrrn.' I lie it. known thnt l, 'lnnnux L. Knien', a citizen oi' il, United Statics. und n resident. of Womlstock in thc county of McHenry nml Sinto of illinois, huve invented ccrtuln nrw and nsctnl lm|nmcmentc m Dead-Key Mcchnniem for Type Writers; und l do hurl-hy dcclurc'thut the following in n full, vlcor. mul cxncty description thcngof, refcrcnn lacing hnd to thc nceompnuvlng drnw ings, und to the nnmcl'uh. ol' rcfcrvnce nun'lied ihcrcon, which form n pm't of thm |wriicntion. l

'l'hin invention rotoli-u ioimprovenwnis m typowritto mnchim'u nml more npptnlly to memo in noch o machine wherein m ccrtnin positions 'et' the shift-frnme certain ehnrncu-re muy be printed without any feed nuovi-.ment of the pnpcem'rialze under 'the m'tiou of thc letter-spacingmcc ninimn, ne. is nwcumry, for instance, in prmtmg'epecml chumctcw. mich as accents over or m connection with thc regular characters or letters, whereas in other positions of the said shiftfralne feed movement will be given to the pupehcnrrmge by thc sanne key which o rntes the type-bnr carrying the s inl c aructer. Types for printing specm chernct'ers nrc operated by one or mtr key-levers which ctiet'tmovement. of mi typen withi .suing mechuusm of thc mnclunc um' win i nrc for this n-nson' soundly tcrlncd dond-keys. l

'Ihc invcntion consle inthe mettere heninni'tcr wt .forth und more particularly pointed ont. m thc appended chmul.

lu the mzmnnmoy'ng ilrewin in which the invention i chown nu enilodied ln l typnrritcr of tln-"'.() liver-" typestre l n: u 'viewv in m-ntrnl, vcrtuu'l, ongitu nel flm'ti'on ol' n t ylwwl'itcr cmlui'dylng m invention.M Fig?? In n transverse, vcrt'ien 'detail 'operated by the lev section taken npon line 'Si-2 of l.

f l 2.' flfigzt: i? vertical rn ncn ur' Aoelou o nu 'o t e nm. ribininiihrow inrchiininm'. Fi horizontal frnmentl onction of .ihre parte illuntra n ig. 4. im 0 in n penpeetive view of n ever which connects the auxiliary key-lever with perth which o nte the Aribb on-throw mechnni Fig. il l pers tive View of the :lg-ting lever whi-i is r llustrated in Fig. 6.

.Fi 8 iu n fra "nentnry section' teken u .unige-,3 effi" ln nid drawings, only auch perte ot the zontul purt :t port il.

4, 4 ure key-levers mvo.

und n rem' elevated horizontal cd toa block 5 to the tylxhhnrs i, i. L'

8 is l" )inten mounted on n a lr-cutrin 0 t) whichlm nummrtcd upon u. s li t-frmne 1 An uprzght mcopu-whwl shaft 17 mounted upon thc shift-trouw 1U is provided nt its upper cud with nl 'ear-pinion .t8 adapted to engage rnek-tccth orlncd on a frame-bar 19 on the pnIxer-curriugc nnd ut its lower end with nn escape-wheel '20 which is engniged by nu cscnlmnent-levcr 2l to permit, the eed lnovcmcnt of the,pnln-r-corrtnpgo. The said musnlmncnblcvor no o with un mcillnt-ing ruine conlpriuin n space-bnr 23, u rock-shnft 2i and n plnrit of nrnis rigidly connecting snid lock-shnt with nid npncebnr. 'lhc nid space-bnr is lctneted b the depremion of the keyflesjcr to give let .r-puco movement to the uptrccrrnge in a wclLkno'wn nuinncr. 'lhe cs- Qgsinst thc the eeclpement-levcr 2t by menne of e con- Ymeeting rod 89 which is provided in ite ru'tivcly connected pement-lever 2l` lo amnectd 'with the' mind spring Qtr.

L. nu. 0l' Il'alallll. MBXGNOI I0 TBI OLIVE! TYPEWBITEB OOIPAIIY, 0' CHICAGO. ILLIHOII. L CONOBATIOI 0! ILLINOII.

typewriting nmclnnc nro shown as lm esl wutinl to an mulcrstundmg of the eppllcal ,l ini nimm? phdc provided with o lower orwnrd horldepending from thoJw't :t und nre connected I vlit) drift-frame a 68 between the'aaid lower end with a slot which iuicngaged hy a laid eeea ntf-lever. t 4l a contractile coilctl spring attached at its upper end to a laterally projectinl etud 42 and at ite lower end to thc exten ing end of the pivot-pin 40.r A dcadkey lever 48-extcndi from front to roar of the machine ia pivot in the fulcrnm blotlt le 5 and ia connected with a type-bar which carrier the epecial ty laid levert but which ype-har ia ike others of the aenea of type-bans 7, 7. lSaid deadkey lever ia notched or cnt nweyot a point l5 on ite lower edge, as indicated atl 48, at a -zaint above the agace-bar 28 ao aa to permit reaeion of o 'ivoroperatlen ot aatd apacmbar,

A horiacntalperating lever 44 .pivoted to 5 ia arrangedwith its forward end beneath and in poeition for conith the lower end of the connecting lod 89 in auch manner that upward morc-l ment of the forward end of eaid lever will ft the aaid connecting rod andl move the bbon over the platen. The said operating 44 ie operatively connected with the hey lever 4a I voted lever which entende from a point th theauxlliary hey-lever 48 to a point th the operating lever 44, end ia proein ring 4 `connected at ite n per end with t e lever and at ita wer end with endo! the lever at the ownward limit of its are all ae illustrated in :the aforeuait'l tera Patent No. 6992868 and herein more ifully form no part of this n v v Belen'in now to the featnrea of oondruc tion whalbin certain podtiona o the lever will eet npon the ribbon-throw vice only and in other poeitiona thereof will alao act upon the eeoepement-icver to give letterapeoe movement to the -ca the 56 ealne embraoee teatnrea aa followaiForlned upon the forward end of the lever44(Fiq.5and7)ia y:an-n membertwichie l la fromthahportion of the end of 'u 'au' nonoui.' u u.

tt... m5 hmmm. FBS-f3 npturned member to ia pre erabl U-liaped, it being formed with loge 50 end 7 amid:

wer face of the eecapementlover 91 to be o rated `bvv hey-lever without contact.

thel campement-lever 2l to give letter ,qmee movement to theplntcn. .-\t a point in its by means of a tranevernely -at tte end beneath eaid key-lever with normali holds the forwardv nosed o the is n forwnz'tif. extending pinto fw hh-h is provided nt. its tol'wnral i-ml with n proiettion nl' linger til. llnl nhl projwtion -m' finger in nrrnn-'ml nt right ongles to tln` plnn` 6 0 nml extent s townl'tl the mnneeting.' rml :n Ill). 'hen the IShift-frame lt) in in its noi'- nml or mitl.- osltion tlm projection or linger til will he irectly above the ret-essor! in thc nptnrned member .15 of the operating: lever 44 so that the operation of the sniil 75; level' 4i will he ineffective to opernte the mwnlwmentlever 2l hnt thtl rihhon will he moved to the printin r lmsitinn hy renson of the engagement of t infor-.wurd end of the lever 44 with theilower eml of tht conneetnu ing; roll 3i) inthe nmnnerv tlewrihed.' Since, however, the enenlament-level' Jl is mnvnhlc .with thehhiit-irnme the movement ol tho scid shift-imitan either to `its forwm'tl or l backward Vposntwn will lil-lng the projwtion nr or linger til into position to he eng/isgod member o! the operatinglerer tt w sieh. in` the'nperntxnn ofthe snnl lever, will operate y lrnpthnhmie. the space-hor .3 sniil lever 4l in noteln-l in its lowered no imlientecl nt tilL'to nllow rising nml inging nim ement oi uahl Icvei' without. itu comin" into eontnut 1.', with fx1-:id opere-lou'. 'VJith thin emmtrnetion it wili he neen tlmt when the'nliit-framo ia in itsnormnl lor mithlle position. und the key-lever 42! is cle|n'es-xcl,` it nets through the levers 44 und 4I to m-tnnte thc typo-bnr loo connected therewith uml the rhlmn-throw "m-hnnimn without m-tnntiugz the lettern acin meehnninni. lint when tho nhiftrame m in either ot V il ot her pontionn letterapace movement will lm given to thc pa ierlof carriage. The type-.hor to he nctnat by the deuil-key lever muy enrry a typo adapted ,to print an accent or like character that'. ia to he omitted in come instances and print-.

cd ln other imotancea, run-h aa thc glve, H0 acute or cinenmtlcx accent, no that ich character `muy he printed immediately over letting-it being 'obvious that no spacing movement of the carriage ehould take lace U between' the printing of the letter am the llo character when the latter ia to lic placed immediately over the lottm'or ia othcrwco amiciatetl therewith."

It il to he nndemtmxt that the details of condruction illmdrnted inthe accompanying 120 I drawinga may bcmnshlerably varied with out departi Kfrom tho spirit of the invention and I o not wish to be contincd to auch details except as they are hereinafter mode tho subject of apecic elaima. Aa, tor, 125 instance, theoperatin lever 44 may he art wi operate the meelement-levcr in the` mitlp6aition of the alnftred' frame and to he'inoperativeunpon thc said eecopernent-lover in the forward cndbackwev wurd po-itiom of the Mid Rhiftframe, or

in fm't. vurious coluhinution of the mit hc hod. whereby the operating lever may I e 5 caused to operate the campement-lever ln any desired position of the shift-frame or to he rendered inoperutive thereon in any dwircd position of unid shift-fronte.

l chtiln ipc tny invention l. ln o tvpewriting mnehine, in conthinm, tion with the shift-frame, the ribbon-throw mechanism. the letter-mowing mechanism und the dend-key lever. menus operated by -mid dond-key lever adopted to give nuwelr ment to the ribbtnt-throw mechanism in luy position of the shift-frame nml to operate the letter-wore mechanism in certain positions only of the shift-fronte.

In a tvpewriting machine, in combina- 20 tion with the ahift-frame, the letter-epecing mechanism und encopemcnt -lever therefor, the rihlmn-throw meehnnium und connecting rod therefor. and the deadkey lever, meann operated hy eid deed-key lever adopted. in 25 my punition of the :shift-frame, to ect upon sind connecting rod and adopted in certain positions only of the shift-frame to act upon mid encnpement-lever.

ln n tvpeivrltltuz nmchlne, ln combina- 80 tion with ihe nhiftdmnw. the enea mentmeelotninm und eu'aln-ment-lever tierefor, the rildiou-throiv mechanism und connecting ,rod. and the dead-key lever an operatiu lever actuated hy uid dend-itev lever, mit

$6 operating lever being adapta to actuetc sold eonnectin rnd m my position of the shift-frame nu: to actnate said esca ementlcver in certain |nmit|onu only of and hiftfronte. 40 4. In n tvpowritin machine. ln combination with the nliiftdrome. the letter-pacing mwhnninm and tnattlwuwnt-lever therefor. the ciblant-throw mcchnnivun and connecting rod therefor. und the dead-key lever. n ven- 46 tienlly swinging o ierating lover located heueuth und uduptee to act upwnrdly on said muuu-tin rod. und u member upon the rin-l in v and idling eml of mid operating lever mnpted in `rertuin punitions only of thu p shift-fronte to engruue uuid u|x\mcntlever.

ln n tv|aewritin|g muchiue, in combination with `the shift-frame. the.letter-owning .l ay A. Dotnet).

mechanism nud encn|a-uu-nt lever therefor.' the rihlx|n-throw meeloiuimi nud connecting rod therefor, und the dead-key lover. on oper uting lever nctunted hv luid demI-kev lever, said operuting lever llt-ing located bencnth und an opted to net upwardly on suid eonnecting rod, n member upon the rising and fallin end of said operntin lever spaced Intern lv from the portion o tho operatin lever which engnges the connecting rod, sniil member being comprised of two legs with un upwardly opening recente therebetween nud a late secured to uid esen|w|nentlcver, Suid p nte being provided with u linger which, m one pemnton of the lult-frame, is dlrcetly above the rwfess in uid member hut which. in the other position of suid shift-fru|ne, is ndupted to engage the legs of suid member.

tl. ln a tvpewriting nmehinc. in colnhinution with the shift fronte. the letter-spucin nlcclntnisnrJhe rihlmn-throw mechanism ont deadkey lever, n tvpe-lm r operated by said dead-key lover on;- .provided with u typohend enrryin thre,.t v um, Incom operated bythe uuid cod-key ever. netinr to give movement to the riblmn-thmw inecliuniam in the positionn of the shift-frame correspondinit with nll of mid types. nml uetiig to op erute the letter-space lnwhuulnm ln it poul tion of the shiftrame corresponding with n portion onl'v of mid tyjws.. l'

7. ln it. t' pewriting machine. in combine.- tion with the ahift-frume. the letter-pueing mechanism, the rildmn-throw mechanism, und lend-key lever, u ty -lmr operated by unid dend-key lever um provided with a type heed carrying three type.-|J un operating lever opernted by thc .sind dond'key lever uetin to give movement to the ribbonthmw'tneennnnnt in the positions of the shift-frame em'renpoudiug with nll of mid typen, and acting to operute the letter-space mechanism iu positions of the vinit-frame 'corneqxinding with two of lQuid types.

In testimony, that l'eluitn the foregoing an my 'invention l ntlix my signature in the reitence ci two witnesstw, this th doy of 'itnemes:

li. C. Yonso. L; L. Scnnonnnu.

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